Question about Weight Lifting calorie burning on myfitnesspal

Sharkbite2016
Sharkbite2016 Posts: 20 Member
edited November 24 in Health and Weight Loss
I lift weights mostly for strength training, but I noticed that there was a cardiovascular exercise listed for weight lifting. I entered the amount of minutes I expected to lift and it was say 350. Is this overly generous? Is there an amount of calories that should be subtracted for this for a rule of thumb?

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    Yes, very.

    Don't bother trying to calculate the calories for strength training... there are too many variables which affect the burn.

  • dhimaan
    dhimaan Posts: 774 Member
    You can still log it in. However be very cautious of high burn rates. If you are going by the TDEE method I don't think it will make a difference as long as you get the exercise in.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Calorie burn from lifting is notoriously, and disappointingly, low. I never even messed with it even before I went to TDEE.
  • Sharkbite2016
    Sharkbite2016 Posts: 20 Member
    Sounds like it is more trouble than its worth.
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